Manufacturing Assoc Director

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds. 

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talented team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards.  We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels inspired, invested, cared for, valued, and have a strong sense of belonging.

What You Can Expect

Responsible for managing all manufacturing activities required to operate multiple production value streams. Strong communication, leadership, and organization skills are essential as well as a full understanding of the manufacturing operation and the Zimmer Quality System. 

How You'll Create Impact

• Manages several manufacturing departments that may include a staff of production supervisors, production planners, engineers, maintenance personnel, clerks and hourly production employees. 
• Develops annual budgets for assigned value streams that balance corporate targets with business needs. Executes continuing operations within the budgets. 
• Performance manages staff for optimum output and develops top performers for leadership roles. 
• Intimately understands the Zimmer Quality System, how departments impact the quality system and ensures compliant execution of all functions within scope of assigned departments. 
• Formulates and implements strategies that establish best in class performance for select attributes of assigned value streams. 
• Drives manufacturing performance to meet overall site objectives as demonstrated by defined KPIs for operation. 
• Drives continuous improvement in the key competencies of Safety, Quality, Customer Service and Productivity. 
• Develops and grows organization's capabilities in Lean Manufacturing, Six-Sigma and Business Continuity Planning. 

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

What Makes You Stand Out

• Thoroughly understands factory operations, including cell layout and resource allocations that deliver the required output and optimize cell costs with lead-time. 
• Able to apply lean and six sigma tools as appropriate to continually improve operational performance. 
• Understands and complies with regulatory requirements (Quality Systems Regulations, ISO, MDD, Quality Manual, EHS, etc.) as they apply to implantable medical devices. 
• Demonstrates ability to partner with supporting functions to deliver required results. 
• Understands key drives of manufacturing financial variances including, absorption, spend, MUV, and scrap. Also understands basics of standard cost components for individual products within scope of assigned departments. 
• Recognizes opportunities for standardization of practices and processes across the manufacturing network and leads efforts to drive corresponding synergies. 
• Utilizes leadership and motivational skills to expedite completion of critical projects tasks with other functional groups. 
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of overall supply chain management including MRP ERP, forecasting, inventory management. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

Your Background

• B.S. in Engineering, Technology, Science or Business 
• 7 to 10 years of related work experience in engineering, operations or related field. 
• MBA preferred.

Travel Expectations

• <5%

Expected Compensation Data

$145,000 - $182,000

EOE